So, my life is almost back to normal and I actually have free time again so...

Is anyone interested in playing a Hunter the Reckoning Old World of Darkness RP?

It would generally follow the official ruleset though adapted for forum use, similar to the way things used to run on the old www.hunter--net.org site that I knew and loved and spent way too much time on. I have like 95% of the original splats and sources books for reference but don't let that intimidate you, it can be broken down simply and in fact the less you know going in the better and more atmospheric the experience generally is.

In a nutshell the world sucks, it's run by monsters, vampires werewolves zombies ghosts and demons are all real but the average person doesn't know and can't see them.

Stuff is progressively getting fucked up worse and worse though there is a small percentage of people who CAN see what's really going on AND have the ability to fight back. The fun twist is the more powerful these guys become the worse life gets for them. Bwahahaha.

Tis excellent supernatural fun and NO the vampires don't sparkle.

If you're interested respond and I'll provide more info with the hope of getting this kickstarted soon, I hope to start this in a couple weeks (I already have a campaign in mind.) Oh the fun.

I'm in. I'm playing a NWoD Hunter game IRL at the moment, so should be familiar with some stuff. On the other hand, the system differences will likely confuse me. Oh well.

Just curious, where would this game be set?

It isnt that much different. I have both books at home and its still based on the same principals. Different sects (and, of course different powers....no known valkyrie task force or those european lab guys as an official sect in this WoD) are really the only difference.

Outlaw, you know I am down.

And no, I wont be wayward. lol

also, as Outlaw said, the less you know, the more fucking scary and gritty the WoD is. These creatures aren't just your typical bad guys. Hunters regularly see things that would shatter a normal humans sanity. It is not a place for the meek. Unless you like to be used as a mobile blood bank.

I haven't seen the NWOD Hunter at all so can't really make a comparison.

Fire, I knew you were down with it before I posted the thread Also I'm trying to get another one of the old Hunter--net players in on this as well (no not Knight). We'll see how that goes.

Tomorrow I'll post a list of the different character types for those of you who don't know them.

Setting is going to be generic large city USA, your characters can live either in or near. I normally use a fictitous city I created near Chicago but that's just because I'm from that area. I'm open to input on that aspect.

I'd prefer to use brand new characters for this or very low level characters, if you have existing veteran characters you really want to use we can work them in as supporting characters with cameo type appearances but I want to avoid a lot of uber powered characters with armory (5) mixing with noobs, it just doesn't balance well.

If you've posted in this thread consider yourself signed up, feel free to post character concepts and we'll iron out details as we go. More are welcome.

EDIT: Character concepts that are "real life" are best suited to HtR. Think more like pizza delivery guy or taxi cab driver than ex SEAL team merc.

I'm really curious as to how this would work, and possibly the time frame that games would take place.

The time frame is like modern day. As in, it is probably happening right now as we speak. And that just adds to its awesome. This isnt a world where there is a different culture or different people. These things target the people we love and hate. They target the guy who installs your internet. They target the chairman of your credit union. They target the foreman of the construction company doing work down at 4th and Pacific.

Albeit, the "feel" of life is darker and more bleak, hence "World of Darkness". Poverty is more outstanding, crime is more rampant, homelessness is more widespread. Your friendly neighbor might not be so friendly because he doesnt trust you after that gang shooting killed one of your co-workers last week. People disappearing isnt as big a deal. Bank fraud and open embezzlement of money is almost regular practice.

Our world is slowly going down the toilet (especially with the Greece thing happening recently) but this world is already there. The only reason it hasnt fallen completely apart is because those shadows you think you see late at night after leaving work arent a product of your imagniation. Those youtube videos showing some outrageous shit some teen happened to catch on his iphone while walking home from school? Yeah, those werent edited (until *they* get ahold of the data...and the person responsible for releasing it). The media reporting a tragedy in which a massacre took place at a local school and then taking a commercial break only to return saying the report was a hoax and the perpetrators arrested? Surprise. Not a hoax.

Anyways, I could go on and on, but you probably get the idea.

Edit: Of course these games can take place in ANY time. On the old hunter--net there was an AWESOME game in the colonial America time period. Please note that while most Hunter games are played in modern times, hunters have been around for as long as civilised humanity. This isn't a new widely recognized phenomenon where all of a sudden a lot of humans can see the monsters for what they really are. At best, only a couple hundred people in the States have been given this power and most of them dont even know other people are out there who are like them. And sometimes that drives individual hunters insane. Im getting ahead of myself but yeah. Hunters arent an army. They are the cornered fox surrounded by hunting dogs, lashing out desperately to survive and escape.

Setting is going to be generic large city USA, your characters can live either in or near. I normally use a fictitous city I created near Chicago but that's just because I'm from that area. I'm open to input on that aspect.

Ah, an American setting. That should be refreshing. The game I'm in IRL is set in Swansea. Having a firearm is.... interesting, to say the least.

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If you've posted in this thread consider yourself signed up, feel free to post character concepts and we'll iron out details as we go. More are welcome.

I'll probably be a few days at least before mine's up. A mate of mine has PDFs of pretty much every RP system ever, so I'm going to try and grab the relevant books from him.

I was wondering more along the lines if this would be a forum based RP, or something where we would need to use an outside mechanic or what have you. Also, I meant time that it would be played, not the time of the setting. I figured that would happen, haha.

Forum based, "rolls" will really only be done for critical tasks and I have a die roller website link laying around somewhere that actually verifies the rolls so everyone can check to make sure no funny business happened.

As far as time it would be played I'm not going to have set times, forum based games are hard to make work that way because of different time zones, etc. The way I've done forum games I've ran in the past is to try not to progress past key points without input from everyone and then the game master resolving any actions. White Wolf games lend themselves well to forum based gaming because they are more story and character driven rather than rolling die constantly. As long as you don't try to god mod someone elses actions there's a lot of leeway for what you post.

I hope some of the makes sense.

EDIT: I'll post an example of a typical string of actions and resolution later. It would be better than trying to explain it.

Fire, the only player I've really kept in contact with was Taj who RP'd Zeisha and Layla. After some of the fallout from the last time Knight, Mish and Slipknot couldn't play nice with each other I pretty much got the cold shoulder from Mish and Slip. Knight just doesn't seem to be on anymore. If you still talk to Punisher see if he wants in. Oh, and that old Japanese dude with the swords, I can't fricken remember who played his character or what his name was.

Forum based, "rolls" will really only be done for critical tasks and I have a die roller website link laying around somewhere that actually verifies the rolls so everyone can check to make sure no funny business happened.

Would we have to use this? I can understand if you say yes, I just greatly prefer rolling physical dice.

I have a handful. I dont remember who they played. I do have Taj and I have Punisher too but I am not sure if he gets on anymore. Mish was a bitch anyways. Slipknot was a sycophant. Fuck them. Frankly, they were the ones who created the god characters I didnt like.

I have a handful. I dont remember who they played. I do have Taj and I have Punisher too but I am not sure if he gets on anymore. Mish was a bitch anyways. Slipknot was a sycophant. Fuck them. Frankly, they were the ones who created the god characters I didnt like.

Ill do what I can.

I didn't say I was heart broken I lost touch with them

As far as the dice roller goes we can start off without it and see how it goes but I'm naturally suspicous of people who always make amazing rolls, I'm cynical like that